chore(deps): bump jws in /core

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Bumps and jws. These dependencies needed to be updated together.
Updates jws from 3.2.2 to 3.2.3

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v3.2.3

Changed

• Fix advisory GHSA-869p-cjfg-cm3x: createSign and createVerify now require that a non empty secret is provided (via opts.secret, opts.privateKey or opts.key) when using HMAC algorithms.
• Upgrading JWA version to 1.4.2, addressing a compatibility issue for Node >= 25.

Changelog

Sourced from jws's changelog.

[3.2.3]

Changed

• Fix advisory GHSA-869p-cjfg-cm3x: createSign and createVerify now require that a non empty secret is provided (via opts.secret, opts.privateKey or opts.key) when using HMAC algorithms.
• Upgrading JWA version to 1.4.2, adressing a compatibility issue for Node >= 25.

[3.0.0]

Changed

• BREAKING: jwt.verify now requires an algorithm parameter, and jws.createVerify requires an algorithm option. The "alg" field signature headers is ignored. This mitigates a critical security flaw in the library which would allow an attacker to generate signatures with arbitrary contents that would be accepted by jwt.verify. See https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/ for details.

2.0.0 - 2015-01-30

Changed

• BREAKING: Default payload encoding changed from binary to utf8. utf8 is a is a more sensible default than binary because many payloads, as far as I can tell, will contain user-facing strings that could be in any language. (6b6de48)

• Code reorganization, thanks @​fearphage! (7880050)

Added

• Option in all relevant methods for encoding. For those few users that might be depending on a binary encoding of the messages, this is for them. (6b6de48)

Commits

• 4f6e73f Merge commit from fork
• bd0fea5 version 3.2.3
• 7c3b4b4 Enhance tests for HMAC streaming sign and verify
• a9b8ed9 Improve secretOrKey initialization in VerifyStream
• 6707fde Improve secret handling in SignStream
• See full diff in compare view

Maintainer changes

This version was pushed to npm by julien.wollscheid, a new releaser for jws since your current version.

Updates jws from 4.0.0 to 4.0.1

Release notes

Sourced from jws's releases.

v3.2.3

Changed

• Fix advisory GHSA-869p-cjfg-cm3x: createSign and createVerify now require that a non empty secret is provided (via opts.secret, opts.privateKey or opts.key) when using HMAC algorithms.
• Upgrading JWA version to 1.4.2, addressing a compatibility issue for Node >= 25.

Changelog

Sourced from jws's changelog.

[3.2.3]

Changed

• Fix advisory GHSA-869p-cjfg-cm3x: createSign and createVerify now require that a non empty secret is provided (via opts.secret, opts.privateKey or opts.key) when using HMAC algorithms.
• Upgrading JWA version to 1.4.2, adressing a compatibility issue for Node >= 25.

[3.0.0]

Changed

• BREAKING: jwt.verify now requires an algorithm parameter, and jws.createVerify requires an algorithm option. The "alg" field signature headers is ignored. This mitigates a critical security flaw in the library which would allow an attacker to generate signatures with arbitrary contents that would be accepted by jwt.verify. See https://auth0.com/blog/2015/03/31/critical-vulnerabilities-in-json-web-token-libraries/ for details.

2.0.0 - 2015-01-30

Changed

• BREAKING: Default payload encoding changed from binary to utf8. utf8 is a is a more sensible default than binary because many payloads, as far as I can tell, will contain user-facing strings that could be in any language. (6b6de48)

• Code reorganization, thanks @​fearphage! (7880050)

Added

• Option in all relevant methods for encoding. For those few users that might be depending on a binary encoding of the messages, this is for them. (6b6de48)

Commits

• 4f6e73f Merge commit from fork
• bd0fea5 version 3.2.3
• 7c3b4b4 Enhance tests for HMAC streaming sign and verify
• a9b8ed9 Improve secretOrKey initialization in VerifyStream
• 6707fde Improve secret handling in SignStream
• See full diff in compare view

Maintainer changes

This version was pushed to npm by julien.wollscheid, a new releaser for jws since your current version.

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Summary by cubic

Upgrade jws in core to address security advisory GHSA-869p-cjfg-cm3x and ensure compatibility with Node 25+. No source code changes.

• Dependencies

  • jws: 3.2.2 → 3.2.3 (indirect via jsonwebtoken)
  • jws: 4.0.0 → 4.0.1
  • jwa bumped accordingly (1.4.2 and 2.0.1)

• Migration

  • HMAC signing/verification now requires a non-empty secret. Ensure configs provide a non-empty key/secret.

^{Written for commit c55fbf9. Summary will update automatically on new commits.}

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No documentation updates needed - this is a dependency security patch that updates jws versions in the lock file. The changes are transparent to users and don't affect any public APIs or configuration.

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No issues found across 1 file

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Test Failure Analysis

The CI failure is not caused by the jws dependency update. The failure is in an unrelated flaky UI test:

Failed Test: TUIChat - User Input Tests > handles special characters in input without crashing [REMOTE MODE]

Issue: The test expects special characters !@#$%^&*() to be displayed but sees the placeholder text instead. This indicates a timing/rendering issue in the test itself.

Evidence it's unrelated:

• ✅ Same test passes in LOCAL MODE
• ✅ Only was modified (dependency versions)
• ✅ No code changes that would affect UI rendering
• ✅ This is a security patch (GHSA-869p-cjfg-cm3x)

Recommendation: Re-run the tests or merge this security update. The jws dependency bump is working correctly.

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The dependency update is safe and addresses the security advisory.

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